The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1887-05-20
THE NEW SCHOOL LAW.
An Important Circular from the Ter
ritOriaI Superintendent.

An Important Circular from the Ter
ritoriaI superintendent.
Hon. Eugene A. Dye, territorial superintend.
ent Of public instruction, has issued the fol-
lowing circular, which will prove Of interest
to all:
Tho legislature Of this Territory at its last
session passed an act repeating nearly all ex-
listing laws governing school townships, and
enacted a new system in lieu thereof, which,
while it embraces many features of the old
law, makes changes 80 radical and the speedy
execution of which is so necessary that it has
been thought advisable to issue a circular in
advance Of the sch0ol law (now in the hands
OF the prlnter) setting forth as briefly aud as
plainly as possible the duties of school officers
in temporarily sub-dstricting for the election
OF 1887, as we'll as the final sub-dstricting by
the township board created In pursuance OF
the statute relating tieratQ. Also extracts
from the new law with comments as to tho
manner of procedure In calling elections, post
ing notices, duties Of officers and manner of
qualifying. 1t is the intention in this circular
to refer almost exclusively to such Rortions of
the Jaw as lequito your immediate action.
We give sections and portions of sections con-
tainlng this information. Sec. II provides:
ut shall DO the duty Of each of the present
township school boards to meet on the last
Tuesday in May, 1887, and temporarily fix the
boundaries of each sub-dstrict in the town.
ship, and to make out and post description
Of each sub-district upon the door of the school
house therein. Iu no case shall the township
board number less than three members, and
where there is but ono school In township,
one member shall bo elected thereirom and
two at large. Tho school board elected shall
at their first meeting, or so soon thereafter as
practicable, define the permanent boundaries
of the sub-districts."
Sec. 10: "The annual school election shall
10 held on the third Tuesday in june in each
year, beginning with the year 1857, and a poll
ing plaeo ia hereby established In each SUBJ
district of each township, the director of the
sub-district to he the judge Of election, and the
clerk of the election to be elected by the voters
present at the opening Of the polls. II tho
director shall not be present, q Judge Of elect
ion shall be chosen by the voters present"
Sec. IL: sat tho annual school election the
qualified voters Of each sub-district shall elect
one director who shall preside at all suh.dis.
trlct meetings and who shall be member Of
the township school board, except when a
sub.distrct includes or is composed of an in
corporsted city, town or village, and in such
cases such sub-dstrict shall elect in the same
manner as many directors as 1t has depart.
ments regularly employing separate teachers
and the said directors shall be members of the
township board aud constitute the board o.
education Of such sub-dislrict, which boart
shall haYat the same, power 40 the directors
other sqh-districts."
Sec. IA: "At the same time at which the di
rector ls elected and upon the same ballot
the qualified voters of the township shall cleo
one township treasurer who shall bold his Of
flee for the term OF one year. He shall take Q
similar oath Of Office to the one required of tht
director and shall enter into an undertaking
in favor Of the school township.*** The treas
urer shall not be member OF the township
school board. The Judge and clerk Of election
shall Immediately after the canvass of the vote.
for director, send certified copy OF the vote
cast for said officer to the township clerk, and
the clerk shall certify tho result 10 the county
clerk without delay"
Sec. 15: Provides: ''The township board
shall select clerk not of their own number
Their meeting for organization and election
Of clerk shall be the second Tuesday in July.''
Sec. 81. 'That at the annual school election
provided for in Sec IL Of this act, the polls
shall he opened at o'clock in the afternoon
and continue open until o'clock Of the same
day. The judge Of election, with the aid OF
the clerk, shall count the votes cast for direc-
tor, and the person receiving the highest num-
ber Of votes cast, shall be declared elected.~x~ y
Ties shall be decided by lot* W. *The judge and
clerk Of election shall also count the votes fol
treasurer, and place the result in sealed gu.
velope and deliver the same to the township
clerk, in person, within three days after
election"
Sec. q: Upon receiving the returns from
the various sub districts Of the votes cast fol
treasurer, the township clerk shall, without
delay, open thom, and after counting the votes,
shall issue certificate of election to the per.
son receiving the highest number Of votes
*.*Ties shall be decided by lot.''
Sec 27: 'In all elections held under thu
provisions Of this act, all persons who are quail
ified electors under the general laws OF oul
Territory, and all women Of twenty-on,
years Of age and over, having the necessar!
qualifications as to citizenship and residenc,
| required by the general laws, and who havt
children Of school age under their care or con
troll shall be qualified voters"
Sec. rs: "Allpersons, either male or female
being twenty-one years Of age and over, hav
ing the necessary qualifications under the gen
| eral laws as to citizenship and residence, shal
be eligible to the office Of school director, judge
or clerk Of election, township clerk or count!
superintendent"
Sec. 46: "The judge of election shall ad
minister the oath of office to the clerk, ant
the clerk in turn administer the oath to the
judge"
Sec4S: "The township clerk shall within
three days after receiving copy Of the returns,
sign and transmit to each person elected to
any office in the school township, certificate
Of election to the Office, naming it fully"
Sec. 40: SIN each township sub-districts
shall be numbered from one up, and shall &C
appear on all records and in all transactions u
Sec. Il: 'School treasurers shall be quail
fed to act when he shall have filed his oatl
and bond as provided by law"
Sec. IA: ''The clerk Of every school town.
ship, through the directors Of the several dis.
trcts and every board of education and schoo
| corporation, shall make or cause to be made
each year, an enumeration Of all the children
who are residents within the limits Of the cor,
poration on the first day of june who are